Enzyme reverse transcriptase present in HIV

Which kind of virus is HIV? What is the enzyme reverse transcriptase present in the HIV?

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HIV is a retrovirus, that is, RNA viral (its inherited material is RNA and not DNA).Reverse transcriptase is a particular enzyme of the retrovirus accountable for the transcription of the viral RNA in DNA in the infected (host) cell. This DNA then commands production of viral proteins and viral replication.

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